I was watching some Grim Dawn gameplay and it's inundating the player with superfluous shit. Screenshot related. Endless tasks, collectibles, fetch quests that do nothing for the overall narrative. Compare that shit (which is just a small portion) to the wonderful simplicity of D2's acts:

- Clear Den of Evil
- Kill Blood Raven (optional)
- Get Horadric Malus (optional)
- Kill Countess (optional)
- Save Deckard Cain
- Kill Andariel

That's it. And they all wonderfully connect to the overall narrative. The UI does not look like WoW, it's simple and efficient. If Grim Dawn guys did D2, it would be something like

Clear Den of Evil
- kill Corpsefire
- collect 200 gold
- identify 5 items
- socket one weapon
- Fallen Shamans killed 7/12
- kill 30 Fallen (19/30)

etc etc

just endless spam of shit
Not to mention how they tilt the camera in the worst possible position, something between isometric and bird's eye view.